Commodores - Hot On The Tracks (1976) & In The Pocket (1981) [1986, Digitally Remastered]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:12:08 | 460,02 Mb
Label: Motown / RCA/Ariola (W.-Germany) | Cat.# ZD72551 | Released: 1986 (1976/1981)
Motown's series of Commodores two-fers paired "Hot on the Tracks" with "In the Pocket" and, in doing so, spanned a rather drastic breach in the group's evolution. Lionel Richie and company had recorded Hot on the Tracks just as they were hitting their stride in the mid-'70s, fresh off the burgeoning, yet still relatively modest, success of Caught in the Act and Movin' On. It's an excellent album, surely one of the group's best. On the other hand, the Commodores had recorded In the Pocket in 1981, after five steady years of chart-topping quiet storm ballads and a gradual shift from loose funk to stiff disco. Furthermore, by the time the Commodores recorded In the Pocket, Richie had become the group's de facto hitmaker and was on the brink of jumping ship for an incredibly popular solo career.